One of my favorite rewires of this Jerry Brainin tune was the 18 min 1999 LIVE recording at Birdland Jazz Club in NY - West 42nd Street - by saxophonist Gary Gartz with:
Bass – Ray Drummond
Drums – Al Foster
Flugelhorn, Trumpet – Claudio Roditi
Piano – John Hicks
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Talk about swinging, swaying, & sashaying....
From the 1964 Coltrane's Sounds by the late, great John Coltrane with:
McCoy Tyner — piano
Steve Davis — bass
Elvin Jones — drums
Another of the many albums of unreleased material Atlantic Records released after Coltrane left them.
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Someone asked "When did you know you liked jazz".
I answered "I knew what I liked as a kid , folks called them different things "Theme from a '60s CBS TV show...from the 2001
Jazz Versions from the Big and Small Screen Repertoire by vibraphonist Jean-Michel Davis
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May you swing into the new week the way altoist Cannonball Adderley swinged, swayed, and and sashayed in this smoking Victor Schertzinger and Johnny Mercer tune from 1959 Cannonball Takes Charge with
Wynton Kelly - piano
Percy Heath - bass
Albert "Tootie" Heath
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Back in the "olden" days of 1971, pre-internet (and yet we thrived, go figure ;) ) you found new music from the "Radio" and Radio stations did not play 11:20 min songs, so you had to buy the album, and did folks buy this one....prog jazz rock fusion from Traffic
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Is Gazeuse! really 50?
Another one for Jazz Rock / Fusion fans ! 7th album by the French fusion group Gong, but also the debut album (its a long story) by drummer Pierre Moerlen's Gong...Notable for playing of guitarist Alan Holdsworth & the use of jazz vibraphone.
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Jazz Rock / Fusion fans might want to check out the outstanding 5th release by Canadian bassist Carl Mayotte. A tribute to his late father, each song recounts an episode from in their lives.
Stéphane Chamberland-D
Damien-Jade Cyr-Sax
Gabriel Cy-G
Francis Grégoire-P
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From the stellar 1999 McCoy Tyner (his percussive style was made for Latin jazz) and the the Latin All-Stars...
Gary Bartz - sax
Claudio Roditi: - TRP
Steve Turre - TRB
Dave Valentin - flute
Avery Sharpe -B
Ignacio Berroa - D
Johnny Almendra - timbales
Giovanni Hidalgo -Congas
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Simply beautiful...
Vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson brought a lifetime of technical & emotive skills to bear on his outstanding 2007 For Sentimental Reasons where his minimal understatement is exquisite with Renee Rosnes - piano, Dwayne Burno - bass, Al foster - drums
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An apt name for the visceral Title Track and torrid opener...UK saxophonist Mark Lockheart creates music that lives in the moment, in all of the moments, as narratives are spontaneous and fluid....with a kick butt rhythm section of Huw V Williams, bass, Jay Davis, drums
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From the sophomore from a guitarist I think you will be hearing a lot from, NY based Joan Foat. A modernistic spin on straight ahead bop with a collection of NY veterans; Grant Stewart-tenor sax, Michael Weiss - piano, Joey Rainieri-bass, and David Puime on drums.
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Happy Sunday...
From the 2006 album Roots by trumpeter Sean Jones with Tia Fuller (as), Orrin Evans (p), Luques Curtis (b), Eddie Howard (org), Obed Calvaire or Jerome Jennings (d) in trio and quartet formations.
A beautiful reimagination of this Duke Ellington standard...
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From the 2010 #ECM debut for bassist Michael Formanek - The Rub and Spare Change was magic...with Tim Berne; alto saxophone; Craig Taborn: piano; Gerald Cleaver: drums, and the opener is an eye opener with its melodically moody and mysterious soundscape!
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The stuff that long, leisurely, drives on bright sunny days are made of...
From the superb 2002 album Inspire by Japanese Fusion group Casiopea & the radiant opener....
Yoshihiro Naruse-B
Akira Jimbo-D
Issei Noro-G
Minoru Mukaiya-P
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From the Belgium jazz scene, the Under the Radar gem Ibiza from pianist Ivan Paduart & his Trio....melodically driven narratives with winding arcs exquisitely propelled! With"
Double Bass – Philippe Aerts
Drums – Hans Van Oosterhout
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The stuff that long, leisurely, drives on bright sunny days are made of...
From the superb 2002 album Inspire by Japanese Fusion group Casiopea & the radiant opener....
Yoshihiro Naruse-B
Akira Jimbo-D
Issei Noro-G
Minoru Mukaiya-P
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What the world needs now...
1959
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Horace Silver Quintet and Trio
Trumpeter Blue Mitchel's haunting performance is a thing of beauty...
Junior Cook – tenor saxophone
Horace Silver – piano
Eugene Taylor – bass
Louis Hayes – drums
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Talk about an All Star Band...
Mongo Santamaría's "AFRO BLUE" made famous by John Coltrane
CHICK COREA - HERBIE HANCOCK - Carlos SANTANA - JOHN McLAUGHLIN - WAYNE SHORTER - RAVI COLTRANE -BENNY RIETVELD - DENNIS CHAMBERS - RAUL REKOW - CHESTER THOMPSON -KARL PERAZZO
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Stevie Wonder's 2008 LIVE London performance of Chick Corea jazz standard.
Stevie Wonder-P, Harmonica, vocals.
Victoria Monét-P
Roman Johnson-Keys
Kyle Bowen -G
Bango Jackson-Perc
Basto Quos-P
Danny R-TRP
Nathan Watts-B
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South African born. Berklee educated. Quit the music business. Started a tech company. Had a spiritual rebirth. Moved to Israel. Returned to the Music business.
Bassist Yosef Gutman's sublime Soul Song.
Lionel Loueke - Guitar
Omri Mor - Piano
Ofri Nehemya - Drums
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And does Betty know how to make an entrance in this hard pop masterpiece!
Self titled at first, pianist Bobby Timmons's tune "Moain'" was so popular it claimed the Title.
Lee Morgan – trumpet
Benny Golson – tenor
Bobby Timmons – piano
Jymie Merritt – bass
Art Blakey – drums
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Ray Charles
1963
The Ray Charles Story Vol 3
"Hard Times"
This one still touches something in everyone...
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Written in 1947 by Gene de Paul for the Abbott and Costello film Keep 'Em Flying, Dinah Washington, Billie Holiday, and Chet Baker have recorded it. Now pianist Sam Barsh gives us his take from 2024 superb Old Tools New Rules
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Sneak listen from upcoming release by jazz keyboardist Sam Barsh Straight08, and intriguing take on modern post bop with one of my fav Next Gen trumpeters Keyon Harrold and force of nature drummer Mark Guiliana, and this visceral rewire of Freddie Hubbard tune...
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From the 2010 #ECM debut for bassist Michael Formanek - The Rub and Spare Change was magic...with Tim Berne; alto saxophone; Craig Taborn: piano; Gerald Cleaver: drums, and the opener is an eye opener with its melodically moody and mysterious soundscape!
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The modernistic Post Bop/Avant twists and turns courtesy of the eclectically creative mind of bassist Michael Formanek with sneak listen from new album New Digs
Alto Saxophone: John O'Gallagher
Clarinet: Chet Doxas
Drums: Tomas Fujiwara
Guitar: Mary Halvorson
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Written in 1947 by Eden Ahbez to describe the California "Nature Boy" subculture, it still lives because of another subculture; jazz...But what if it had been written 100 years in the future. Here you go! Pianist Shai Maestro's brilliant new release The Guesthouse
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Simply Beautiful...
From the 2017 Jersey by the Mark Guiliana Jazz Quartet with
Mark Guiliana - Drums
Jason Rigby: Tenor
Fabian Almazan: Piano
Chris Morrissey: Bass
And this jazz reimagination of a David Bowie tune
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The Joe Henderson tune "Recorda Me" means "Remember Me" in Portuguese was written by a 16 year old Joe Henderson. pianist Chick Corea with Christian McBride-B, & Brian Blade-D make this memorable indeed on the 2013 Trilogy which won Two Grammys!
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